In today's Gospel, John 21: 1-14, Peter and his friends go fishing! What else do you do when you may be bored and not sure what the next step is! Your loved one is out of sight! Yes, they have seen the Risen Christ. He appeared to them behind locked doors. Scared the heck out of them. They thought He was a ghost until He said: "Fear not! It is I. Peace be with you!" And then vanished!
They fished all night and caught nothing! As they approached the shore that morning, Jesus is standing there, but they do not recognize Him. He asked them: "'Children, have you caught anything to eat?' They answered Him, 'No.' So he said to them, 'Cast the net over the right side of the boat and you will find something.' So they cast it, and were not able to pull it in because of the number of fish." One hundred and fifty-three large fish were in that net and the net was not torn! John immediately recognizes Jesus and says to his fellow fishermen: "'It is the Lord.' When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he...jumped into the sea." The other disciples rowed to shore and noticed that Jesus was preparing them breakfast!
Jesus reveals who God is: a caring God , a compassionate God, a God who is concerned about our successes, failures, disappointments, whether or not we have a meal, and so on! God is a hands-on God, as in Jesus preparing the disciples a meal! God walks with us! "Fishes" with us! Anticipates and meets our needs! God also hides from us, as in the disciples not initially recognizing Him; but God does not hide Himself permanently!
What an intimate God, a trusting God, a loving God! And He is that for every single one of us, no matter our past.
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